Jamie Vardy admits his love of Skittle vodka hampered his recovery from injury

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has admitted his love for ‘Skittle vodka’ hampered his recovery from injury.
Vardy, who has enjoyed a meteoric rise from non-league football to Premier League champion and England regular, has admitted his penchant for the boozy concoction was picked up by Leicester’s medical team.
Having joined the Foxes in a transfer from Fleetwood Town in 2012, Vardy revealed in his new autobiography that he liked to ‘sit back and enjoy’ the drink if he was bored on an evening, up until his failure to recover from an innocuous injury raised some suspicion.
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